From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Tue Jul 7 11:29:16 2015 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 18:29:16 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of Juul 6, 2015 Message-ID: Please see the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status: Wave 7 for FY 2015 and Wave 59 for FY 2014 will be released this week. * Updates on USAC's E-Rate Productivity Center: USAC has completed the first phase of its roll-out of the EPC portal. All applicants, service providers, and consultants need to set up their accounts, link those accounts to individual users, and assign appropriate account rights. There is a learning curve required to use the EPC portal. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders: * FCC Appeal Decisions Watch * Reply Comments Due on Draft ESL for FY 2016 * The "Homework Gap" * S&L Special Edition News Brief Dated July 2 - Form 470 for FY 2016: USAC's most recent Special Edition News Brief announced the availability of the revised version of the Form 470. The new version must be used from this point forward, and can only be filed through the EPC portal. This means that applicants must have set up their EPC portals to begin new procurement cycles. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator | Willamette ESD 503.540.4495 - phone | 503.540.2962 - fax sabrina.carson at wesd.org www.wesd.org [cid:A05DC38F-DCE3-4AFB-BF98-E86255261B19] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail may be confidential. If you are not the addressee you are officially notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. 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Name: Week 07-06 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 101376 bytes Desc: Week 07-06 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Wed Jul 15 16:19:42 2015 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:19:42 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of July 13, 2015 Message-ID: Please see the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status: Wave 8 for FY 2015 and Wave 60 for FY 2014 will be released this week. * Procedural Update on Over-Budget Category 2 Requests: USAC has provided informal guidance on the treatment of Category 2 invoicing that suggests the most flexible approach to resolving over-budget funding requests during PIA review. * Update on USAC's E-Rate Productivity Center, cont.: Invitations to create EPC accounts can be obtained through CSB. USAC provides additional instructions on adding consultants to applicant accounts. Advanced preparation is required before filing a Form 470 for FY 2016. Mobile apps are available for EPC access. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders: * Reply Comments on the Draft ESL for FY 2016 * USAC Fall Applicant Training * S&L News Brief Dated July 10 - Preparing to File a Form 470: USAC's most recent News Brief discusses the steps required to set up an applicant's EPC account in preparation for filing a Form 470 for FY 2016. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator | Willamette ESD 503.540.4495 - phone | 503.540.2962 - fax sabrina.carson at wesd.org www.wesd.org [cid:A05DC38F-DCE3-4AFB-BF98-E86255261B19] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail may be confidential. If you are not the addressee you are officially notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete this message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: Week 07-13 - SECA.doc Type: application/msword Size: 110592 bytes Desc: Week 07-13 - SECA.doc URL: From Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org Mon Jul 20 10:09:54 2015 From: Sabrina.Carson at wesd.org (Carson, Sabrina) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:09:54 +0000 Subject: [Erate] E-Rate Central News for the Week of July 20, 2015 Message-ID: Please see the attached newsletter for articles on: * Funding Status: Wave 9 for FY 2015 and Wave 61 for FY 2014 will be released this week. * E-Rate Complexities and the EPC Portal: USAC's new portal system, the E-Rate Productive Center, makes it difficult for state coordinators, ESAs, and consultants to track and assist their applicant constituents. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders: * FCC Seeks Nominations for USAC Board * President Obama's ConnectHome Initiative * S&L News Brief Dated July 17 - Form 470 Data: USAC's most recent News Brief discusses a new, albeit awkward, system to download database information on Form 470s filed for FY 2016. 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We encourage applicants, service providers, and consultants to establish their accounts and begin working with the system as early as possible in the FY 2016 application cycle. * E-Rate Updates and Reminders: * USAC's Data "Clean Up" Effort * AT&T, LCP, and FCA * USAC Fall Applicant Training * S&L News Brief Dated July 24 - EPC Email addresses: USAC's most recent News Brief discusses the use of email addresses as user IDs within the new EPC portal. Sabrina Carson e-Rate Coordinator | Willamette ESD 503.540.4495 - phone | 503.540.2962 - fax sabrina.carson at wesd.org www.wesd.org [cid:A05DC38F-DCE3-4AFB-BF98-E86255261B19] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail may be confidential. If you are not the addressee you are officially notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. 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